The relationship between d‐beta‐hydroxybutyrate blood concentrations and seizure control in children treated with the ketogenic diet for medically intractable epilepsy

OBJECTIVE: The ketogenic diet (KD) is a proven treatment for drug‐resistant (DR) seizures in children and adolescents. However, the relationship between seizure control and the most commonly measured metabolite of the diet, the ketone body d‐beta‐hydroxybutyrate (D‐BHB), is controversial. This study...

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Autores principales: Buchhalter, Jeffrey R., D'Alfonso, Sabrina, Connolly, Mary, Fung, Ernest, Michoulas, Aspasia, Sinasac, David, Singer, Rachel, Smith, Jacklyn, Singh, Narender, Rho, Jong M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5862113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29588960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12058

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5862113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29588960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12058

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